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Service bulletin 15329

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id630241
Published by NHTSA2002-04-15
Manufacturer's number15329
Manufacturer's date2001-10-01
NHTSA componentSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3RD ROW SEATING MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION WITH THE SEAT RELEASE LATCH STICKING/BINDING. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Seats

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER2002
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20060792006-04-18. Seats And Restraints
06V1140002006-04-10. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
20031902003-08-11. Seats And Restraints
03V2810002003-08-05. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
054162005-05-05. Service bulletin. FRONT SEAT(S) SLIGHT MOVEMENT WHEN ACCELERATING AND/OR DECELERATING. *TT
160902002-11-05. Service bulletin. SOME 4DR VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SEATING APPEARANCE OR RELATED ISSUES. *TT
150552001-09-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF THE HEATED SEAT SWITCH. *TT
148812001-07-20. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 7 PASSENGER SEATING MAY EXHIBIT THE 2ND ROW 40 PERCENT SEAT BACK STAYING IN THE DOWN POSITION. THIS MAY BE DUE TO A RIVET INTERFERENCE AT THE FLOORPAN LATCHES. *TT